Visual Communications Design (B.A.): Illustration Concentration - L

Program Description

A spirited and engaging environment, the Northern Vermont University-Lyndon Visual Arts Department provides a venue for dynamic self-expression. Our programs challenge students to become adept problem-solvers and to not only expand the breadth of their design, communication, and artistic techniques, but also to enrich their own personal aesthetic. Through an awareness of art history and contemporary visual culture, students develop a context for their own innovative practice and developing visual literacy. Through hands-on coursework that demands original thought, our program stimulates critical thinking and instills a passion for the visual arts.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate:

1. an ability to work collaboratively and/or independently in solving advanced problems in illustration
2. an advanced ability to create effective, professional-level illustration projects.
3. a proficiency in the use of appropriate creative tools for specific illustration projects

Note: Students pursuing the Illustration Concentration need to take ART 1011.